2D game engine 2022

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2D game engine 2022

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i tried love2d but it is hard to export lovegame to exe or apk ( i tried all the way i searched on google but found none could help). I want to change 2d game engine, what should i choose? there are too many. should i use solar2d ??
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Maybe libgdx? It uses java and can even json scripting or use lua scripting with luaj.
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hoangtongvu wrote: Sun Jan 23, 2022 4:17 am i tried love2d but it is hard to export lovegame to exe or apk ( i tried all the way i searched on google but found none could help). I want to change 2d game engine, what should i choose? there are too many. should i use solar2d ??
https://github.com/cocos2d/cocos2d-x have lua binding, c++
https://github.com/libgdx/libgdx as was mention earlier
https://github.com/raysan5/raylib c, nice and easy; there also exist binding to other languages, such as lua, but they outdated, https://github.com/raysan5/raylib/blob/ ... INDINGS.md
https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL if you brave enough and love feels bloated to you
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Woah, nice. Then there are all those "builders" like buildbox, gamemaker, defold, godot and gdevelop.
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If you want an easy export process you might try Defold. A couple clicks and you can export to Win/Mac/Linux/Web/Android/iOS. It's more of an "engine" than a "framework" and has a lot more limitations than Love2D, but it's also very simple and lightweight.
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Creating .exe is pretty easy. See the wiki for details, but it amounts to creating the .love (a renamed .zip file) and copying it onto the end of love's own .exe.

APK's are a little more complex and have more overhead to build, but that process is also detailed out on the wiki. I haven't done it yet myself, but the instructions are there.
Ross wrote: Wed Jan 26, 2022 1:51 pm If you want an easy export process you might try Defold. A couple clicks and you can export to Win/Mac/Linux/Web/Android/iOS. It's more of an "engine" than a "framework" and has a lot more limitations than Love2D, but it's also very simple and lightweight.
I've looked into Defold. The big turn-off for me is that it requires you to host all your work on GitHub - local storage just isn't an option. That may be a plus for others, of course.
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milon wrote: Fri Jan 28, 2022 7:33 pm I've looked into Defold. The big turn-off for me is that it requires you to host all your work on GitHub - local storage just isn't an option. That may be a plus for others, of course.
well, i was using it for some time and i'm not sure what you mean by "it requires you to host all your work on GitHub"
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It was like that back in 2017 or earlier. That's not true anymore.
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Huh, I must have been reading outdated materials then. Thanks for the correction!
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